Labor reform: vacation time increase
On October 12, 2022, a labor reform bill was proposed to increase the paid vacation period for employees in the United Mexican States.
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Updates on legal reforms and regulatory changes in Mexico.
2021
Legitimation of collective bargaining agreements
As per informed in previous newsletters, on November 23, 2018, the Mexican Government approved and ratified the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention of 1949, better known as the “Convention No. 98”.
Reforms regarding the subcontracting prohibition in Mexico
This past April 23rd, 2021, a Decree prohibiting personnel subcontracting and reforming several legal dispositions of the Federal Labor Law, Social Security Law, Tax Code, Income Tax Law, and Value Added Tax Law, among others, was published in the Federal Official Gazette.
Update: Federal Labor Law reform bill regarding subcontracting
As we have been informing, on November 2020 the president of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) presented before Congress a reform bill to the Federal Labor Law, with the intention of prohibiting personnel subcontracting operations and, instead, allow only the ones regarding specialized services or specialized works.
Federal Labor Law reform: telework
This past January 11, 2021 a Decree reforming and including several dispositions to the Federal Labor Law was published at the Official Gazette. Among the most important aspects of the reform is the regulation regarding work relations under the modality of telework, same which entered into force on January 12, 2021.
2020
Federal Labor Law reform bill: subcontracting
As we have previously informed, on November 12, 2020, the president of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) presented before Congress a reform bill to the Federal Labor Law with the intention of prohibiting personnel subcontracting operations and, instead, allow only specialized services or specialized works operations with strict limitations, including the incorporation of additional requirements and obligations.
Amendment to the Federal Labor Law: subcontracting reform bill
A reform bill regarding subcontracting was presented by the president of the United Mexican States to the Congress this past November 12th, 2020. The intention of this bill is to prohibit personnel subcontracting operations and instead allow only specialized services or specialized works operations.
Incorporation to the list of essential activities and reopening strategy SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19)
As we have previously informed, derived from the pandemic provoked by the virus SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19), the Federal Government of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) declared the immediate suspension of non-essential activities from March 31st to May 30, 2020, in order to mitigate the dispersion and transmission of the virus.